Selina was still smiling: "Yeah, this time it really feels like a hiking tour."
Luke no longer cared about her using the sensitive word "travel" and just nodded.
There was no one around, only a vast plain and forest in front of me, accompanied by the blood-red sunset, creating a magnificent and desolate beauty.
The two walked like this for half an hour, and Selina was suddenly surprised: "Ah, there are houses there?"
Luke saw it too and laughed, "Well, at least I can call someone for help."
The two walked for more than ten minutes and arrived in front of the house.
It was a bungalow of considerable size with a striking signboard reading "hostel".
This is a hotel, but it has no name.
The two walked into the hotel, and there was no one inside.
Luke called out, "Is anyone there?"
After a moment of silence, a person emerged from a passage.
He was a middle-aged white man with ordinary looks and ordinary clothes, but a little sloppy.
Selina frowned.
She doesn't discriminate against workers. She grew up in rural Texas and wouldn't care about that.
But the man in front of him not only had a messy beard, but his plaid shirt and jeans were also dirty, as if they hadn't been washed for several days.
A few meters away, both of them could smell a strong body odor.
Opening a hotel like this? She complained in her heart.
Luke ignored him and just smiled and asked, "Excuse me, is there a phone here? Our car broke down and we want to borrow the phone to find a towing company."
The man said, "There is no phone here."
Luke: "Oh, is there a car here? Can you give us a ride?"
The man: "My wife drove to Wolfkle to do some shopping, so I don't have a car for the time being. So, are you guys staying at the hotel?"
Luke and Selina looked at each other and vaguely understood what this guy meant: if they didn't pay to stay for a night, there would be nothing in this store.
This type of hotel is not unique to any particular country. It is easy to find such strange things in hotels in the wilderness, where you get what you pay for.
Looking at the sky outside the window, they realized that even if they went to Wolfkel, it would be late at night, so they still had to find a hotel to sleep.
After a while, the two of them checked into two single rooms, and Luke asked, "Excuse me, is there a 'spare' phone or car here?"
After paying ninety dollars for two rooms, the owner should at least tell the truth.
The store owner told them that his wife would drive back from Wolfkle the next morning with the goods and could take them there then.
Luke and Selina could only remain silent.
Then, the two of them went out and walked around the hotel, only to find to their dismay that there were really no cars or telephones here.
The hotel is very small and the outside is deserted. Telephone lines can be easily seen, as can cars. There is certainly no cell phone signal.
Selina: "Did we misunderstand him? Didn't he intend for us to stay here for one night?"
Luke: "Haha, I can only say that they did a good job."
The shop owner can find people to deliver goods and daily necessities at regular intervals, but passing travelers cannot.
Thinking back to the fact that his car and the RV had flat tires, he already understood what was going on.
If you live by the mountain, you can enjoy the benefits of the mountain; if you live by the water, you can enjoy the benefits of the water; if you live by the road, of course you can benefit from the passing vehicles.
But is this really okay? Damn, you guys aren't going to join forces with Wolfkell's towing repair shop, are you
He complained in his mind, having already decided that this was a local inn that specialized in swindling passers-by.
You can make some money from rent, some from food, and another from towing and repairing cars. This is a golden idea for getting rich through hard work.
To get this set, you won’t have to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for each car, and I’m afraid you won’t be able to get it from Wolfkell.
When he got to Wolfkker's place, he would definitely report the case to the police station. Even if he couldn't punish them, he would still feel disgusted by these guys who made their fortunes through illegal means.
In the end, the two did not dare to order food in the hotel. Looking at the owner's personal hygiene, they both wondered if there would be lice in the food.
They could only buy some packaged ready-made foods at the counter, such as sandwiches and canned goods.
These things are also ridiculously expensive, almost twice as expensive as those in city supermarkets.
The two of them just had a quick meal that night and spent fifty dollars, which is more than the price of fast food in the city.
As usual, Luke took Selina for a walk before it got dark.
It is important to at least be familiar with the basic environment when you go to any place.
However, without a car, the area they walked on was not very large.
After the two of them finished their walk after dinner and returned to the hotel, they saw four familiar-looking people when they entered.
A middle-aged couple and a young man and woman, this is the family whose RV had a flat tire on the road just now.
Apparently, they also chose to travel on foot and arrived here as well.
Seeing Luke and his partner, the middle-aged couple greeted them.
After all, Luke and Selina have outstanding looks and temperament, one is gentle and refined, the other is beautiful and generous, and most people are willing to get close to such people.
Luke and the other man didn't go back to the room. There wasn't even a TV there. This hotel was an isolated place from the world.
During the conversation, I learned that the middle-aged man was called Bob Carter and he was a detective in Cleveland.
This time, I took advantage of my vacation to bring my family to Texas to experience the magnificent and beautiful scenery here.
The middle-aged woman is his wife Ethel, and the boys and girls are his eldest daughter Brenda and youngest son Bobby.
Brenda was still doing nothing after graduating from high school, and Bobby was still a sophomore in high school.
Of course, Luke guessed that Brenda had nothing to do. After all, if she wanted to go to college after graduating from high school, she would either have to go to school now or find a school within the last minute.
To come out for a leisurely trip like this, either the family is very wealthy and has already arranged everything for the school, or it is someone like Brenda who has no intention of continuing to go to college.
There was a special situation at Bobby's high school, so classes were temporarily suspended for ten days.
Luke and the other man did not reveal their identities as detectives, mainly because there was no need.
They are not here to show their talents, they just come here for a tour and then report back to Houston.
The two sides were chatting, and Brenda was quite interested in Luke.
Besides her father and brother, there were only two men here.
She certainly preferred chatting with Luke to the shop owner who ripped her off. At least Luke was young and handsome.
The shop owner didn't say anything either. He just poured himself a glass of wine and drank it at the counter not far away.
At ten o'clock in the evening, Luke and his friend got up, said goodbye and went back to the house.
After washing up under the water, Luke reminded Selina to be careful, as this was a remote area after all, and she needed to pay attention to safety issues.
Selina rolled her eyes at him but still agreed honestly.